Is BATES COUNTY PWSD 5's water safe to drink?
BATES COUNTY PWSD 5 has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 2,690, over 1,204 connections.
BATES COUNTY PWSD 5's record against the rest of the country
12 total violations and 5 health-based ones put BATES COUNTY PWSD 5 at the 71th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 3,719 of 12,903.
Against the MO average
BATES COUNTY PWSD 5's 5 health-based violations sit within the MO average of 6.1, across 327 systems statewide. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
BATES COUNTY PWSD 5's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-02-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 2021-01-04. Last reported to EPA: 06/16/2026.
The concern categories on record
BATES COUNTY PWSD 5's flagged contaminants and rule violations, grouped by what they actually mean for a filter choice rather than left as EPA's raw code list:
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM
The most severe category on record is disinfection byproducts, which points toward a carbon-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What BATES COUNTY PWSD 5's record does not cover
This is what BATES COUNTY PWSD 5 reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 12 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.